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Also, love this one! I should get a framed version.

No, I get it. But everything is hard to fix until you know how to do it.

To me, This is about owning things you or someone else can repair with readily available parts. The problem now is remote bricking of purchases by the manufacturer through the internet. And things so cheaply made, the parts either don't exist or the too much of it broke. Or having to pay subscriptions for the privilege to use the things you bought.

It's just that if you have a electronics nerd friend or curiosity, there's a lot of basic electronics that can be repaired with incredibly cheap parts.

For example, if your microwave completely dies, it's probably a common $0.10 fuse. It's not on the circuit board but it's technically part of the electronics. You have to be careful to not touch the capacitors. But watch a video and you've brought something dead back to life.

If you don't trust yourself, call that friend that loves that kind of stuff, share a pizza and avoid buying a new microwave that spies on you.

No flared base... hopefully it is just a cucumber...

My husband loves building elecronics. And there's a lot of cool low-tech tech. I feel like basic circuit board stuff should be allowed, as it can be easy to repair if you know how. Just have the schematics available.

The problem for me is when it needs an Internet connection for remote access on top of a lot of flimsy parts that wear out too quickly.

Just can't branch out into vacuums. Unless sold as the Suckless Sux-a-lot

Yeah, for sure. My husband and I are both like this. Waving my arm often works for getting his attention.

But a frustrated parent could definitely blame it on headphones or think the kid is going deaf. Especially if they are not the kind of person that immerses like that.

Unless the parent can hear the headphone music themselves from a few feet away. In which case, they have a point that it might be too loud.

The issue is probably more that you don't hear her when you are focused.

My husband is like that. Especially if he's listening to something with headphones.

It's not the volume (he's not got them loud) it's that he's locked in. I'm the same way, except if you say my name and pause a beat, I snap out quicker.

I have to say his a couple times. Just starting to talk without a cue and the focus makes us miss the beginning, if not all.

Also happens with reading, programming, writing Which are immersive. quiet activities

Yeah, one of my best friends is a boomer lesbian. Because of her, I know and know of a community of lgbt+ boomers here. Plus she has other friends she regularly talks with in other parts of the country.

She was one of the many that ran away from backwoods bible belt to San Francisco in time to be there for the Summer of Love.

Jeffrey's brother (Mark)

From context and references to "Donald", "with Bannon", "Ask Putin", and "Donnie Tee" - I'm guessing "Donnie Dee" also refers to the current President.

Don't know if Dee is a typo or a dick joke.

Misery?

And Carrie.

Pence was the vice president of the first term.

They'll release it in two weeks.

Or at least, that's what they started promising in 2016.